The "Everything is Politics" Award
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"Rule with tyranny and oppression, or liberalism and justice." Not a good way to market to the whole of the American populace. Modern liberalism is all about tyranny and oppression via communism. I suggest changing the wording to "freedom."
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And I rec reading up on words. Try reading Mill and Locke and then Marx or Lenin. Not quite the same.
Your counrty is, if not the birthplace, the cradle of modern liberalism and good thing too.
So liberalism, which the very name means espousing increased freedom, is all about tyranny and oppression?
Is this what homeschooling gets you or did you learn it by watching Fox News?
I suggest changing the wording to Rule with conservatism, tyranny and oppression, or liberalism and justice, because modern conservatism is all about tyranny and oppression via Naziism.
Yeah, reducing the privilege of the white male christians in favour of all the other inhabitants of your country is "tyranny and oppression". Seriously dude, read a book about communism. It does not mean what you think it means.
tyr·an·ny
[tir-uh-nee] noun, plural tyr·an·nies.
1. arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority. Synonyms: despotism, absolutism, dictatorship.
2. the government or rule of a tyrant or absolute ruler.
3. a state ruled by a tyrant or absolute ruler.
4. oppressive or unjustly severe government on the part of any ruler.
5. undue severity or harshness.
com·mu·nism
[kom-yuh-niz-uhm] noun
1. a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
2. a system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political party.
3. the principles and practices of the Communist party.
lib·er·al·ism
[lib-er-uh-liz-uhm, lib-ruh-] noun
1.the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
2. a political or social philosophy advocating the freedom of the individual, parliamentary systems of government, nonviolent modification of political, social, or economic institutions to assure unrestricted development in all spheres of human endeavor, and governmental guarantees of individual rights and civil liberties.
3. the principles and practices of a liberal party in politics.
4. a movement in modern Protestantism that emphasizes freedom from tradition and authority, the adjustment of religious beliefs to scientific conceptions, and the development of spiritual capacities.
I can see so well they're all the same.
I suggest changing the wording to "freedom"
Okay... Rule with freedom and freedom, or liberalism and justice.
... nope, didn't change the nature of French Fries and Swiss Cheese, doesn't make what you want any less fucked.
Your words are a disgrace to any who've actually had to live under an actual tyranny.
Not letting you force your theocracy != tyranny, asshole.
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